Well, the reason I put everything marked "deprecated" behind
LDAP_DEPRECATED instead of just a few things was to get some
input on precisely what should and shouldn't be behind the
LDAP_DEPRECATED flag and to turn the discussion around a bit.
I that is, I rather have API users make arguments as to why
this or that should not be behind LDAP_DEPRECATED instead of
having API maintainers make arguments as why this or that
should be behind LDAP_DEPRECATED. It should be clear that
maintainers don't like maintaining more than they have to.